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801, i NUISANCES.
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••Line Houses" That Make Trou- !
ble For Officials.
BOTH AMERICAN AND CANADIAN,
Hunh.liiK Bnalneaa Done In <tmag-
KlillK Good* and Selling Illicit
Ulilkky-( Irvrr I'lnn Devlaed to
Foil Inspectors— SuKKeatlona Made
With a Vli-w to Closing I i> All the
"Line Houses."
The fact that "line houses"' on the
boundary between Canada and the
United States have been growing in
number instead of decreasing, despite
the energetic measures of Canadian
and United States inspectors, has been
brought to the attention of officials ip
Washington, and plans to do away
with the nuisance are under considera
tion, says the New York Tribune's
Washington correspondent The "line
houses," in which a rushing business is
done in smuggling goods and selling
Illicit whisky, lie especially on the
Maine and Vermont borders and are
built directly over the line. There are
•about fifteen of them on the Vermont
boundary and twenty on the line be
tween Maine and Canada. The pro
prietors have contrived a clever plan
by which to foil inspectors. The goods
are stored in cupboards or shelves on
wheels. When a "lookout" gives the
signal that an officer is approaching
from either side, Canadian or Ameri
can, the proprietor promptly slides his
cupboard or shelves with liquor and
merchandise over Into the territory In
which the officer cannot make an ar
rest. This system has been so devel
oped that It Is said many of the houses
are equipped, with apparatus by which
the shelves move with the pressing of
a button.
For fifty years the Canadian inspect
ors and United States government and
state officials in Maine and Vermont
have been struggling to put down the
"line houses," but with little success.
This Is due to the fact that a success
ful raid can be made only by joint ac
tion between the officials of the twe
governments, The officers must appeal
at the "line house" simultaneously, the
Canadians entering from their side and
the American Inspectors nailing theii
man in case he attempts to shift his
goods into their territory. The opera
tion in this way is apparently simple,
but because of the limited force of in
spectors and the wide stretches which
they are obliged to patrol it has been
found difficult to secure joint action,
and the houses still flourish. A statute
which gives American officials the
right to seize goods contained in a
boundary house upon which duties
have not been paid has not been found
to cover the situation satisfactorily.
When raids have been made and the
goods seized mi the ground that proper
duty was not paid the proprietors have
made contests in the courts, and the
victory baa not always been for the in
spectors.
There were about fifteen special
agents employed by the United States
government, in addition to the regular
customs officers, .to watch the bound
ary line between Canada ami the
United States in the space extending
from Ogdensburg to Portland, .Me.
These men are efficient as a rule, and
their reports made to headquarters in
Washington show that they make
many seizures in the course of the
year. Nevertheless, the system of con
trol lias never worked satisfactorily.
Smuggling nourishes in spite of their
vigilance, and in the matter of regulat
ing the ranging of ; cattle from Cana
We Arc
HEADQUARTERS
for the Famous Monitor Disc and
Shoe Drills, Flying Dutchman
Plows, Harrows, etc. Bain and
Moline Wagons, Henney Buggies,
Hacks and Carriages.
We are now sole agents for the In
ternational Stock Food.
We carry at all times a com
plete line General Hardware, in
cluding Colis' Original Hot Blast
Coal and Wood Heaters, Majestic
and Moores Ranges.
MWM-CLUHE
Hardware Co.
dian to American territory on farms
which lie on both Rides of tin* line it
has been impossible for the limited
force to compel anything approximat
ing a strict observance of the law.
When the wilderness along the line
becomes more thickly settled, as it Is
rapidly doing, it is expected that the
troubles will multiply and the force
will be utterly inadequate. It is now
proposed, la view of the many perplex
ing questions which are likely to arise
in connection with enforcement of the
boundary rules all along the line from
the Pacific to the Atlantic coast, that
the United States and Canada should
agree to a Joint commission to deal
with the subject.
With a view to closing up the "line
houses." the suggestion is made that
Canada and the United States should
negotiate • treaty which should provide
either that no house of any kind should
be built directly over the boundary
line or else that a neutral belt a few
feet wide should be established which
would serve as a boundary zone. It is
proposed that In this belt no house
should be built and, therefore, that a
man must have his home wholly in
Canadian or American territory. It is
proposed further that the forces of spe
cial agents shall be Increased and that
they shall confer with a view to mak
ing a series of raids upon every "line
house" now In existence.
Now It'ii the Vnnlty Him.-i-1.-i.
"Now comes the French jeweler with
tiis pretty gewgaws," recently announc 1-
Bd a traveling salesman at the Hotel
Baltimore in Kansas City to a reporter
of the Kansas City Times, "and his
newest creation is the 'vanity brace
let.' Ever see one? Here It is. Old
Bold and precious stones and jingle.
A heavy anchor link chain to tit around
a»' wrist and suspended from that by
three other chains three jeweled lock-
BtS no bigger than a fifty cent piece.
One is a hand mirror, another contains
powder and pufT. the third is a perfume
bottle, and lower down by a fourth
"ham hangs the purse. In New York
md Boston women have begun wear
-sig them, and I predict that they will
bo on the streets of Kansas City be
!ore winter."
MIX SPORT WITH RELIGION.
Pastor Adviisi-H Men to s<-«'U Hi-fren
lion unit Go to Church.
"Go in the theater once a week, ii
you can't go to a good ball game onc<
a week, if it. does not Interfere with
things of more Importance. Go to a
dance once a month, ana |] iten to al
the good music which you have linn
for, and in it all remember the Christ
ami do him honor with the best emo
tiou and richest thought by going t<
church, his church, at least onco in tin
week."
This is the advice of the Rev, G(
(>. tllchmond of St. John's Eplscopa
church at Stamford, Conn., to tin
young man rj in:;' to live prop
erly in these days, says a special
Stamford in the New York World, it
was given the oilier uight in the coursi
of his sermon on "The Democracy oi
Religion."
Ready to Bat Saalce.
Professor 11. A. Surface ol Pennsyl
vania State college, economic zoologist
of Pennsylvania, declares, says the
Now York Tribune, that he is ready t<
eat a cabbage snake or worm to prove
Mm. a widespread belief that, this par
ticular kind of worm, if eaten, will
cause sure death, is entirely unfounded.
.!. X. Janeway, of Rosalia, was
in town the earl;- parl of the week.
\1 .{'.'■ Iray has retur led from a
buaine a ;rip t > the ea lates.
Children's and
Misses 1 CloaKs
Half Price
Entire Stock No Reservations
From $2 Cloaks for
$i, the Cheapest
To $15 Cloaks for
$7.50, the Best
mUTi
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DENTIST
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Fish and Game in Season
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J. N. SCOTT, Prop.
Located on Grand Street, near the O. R. & N.
depot, Pullman Wash.
First - Class Work is Guaranteed
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o/ PULLMAN
TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
Anything pertaining to conservative banking will receive our prompt
and carrful attention
Dr. ,1, E. Shaw.
DENTIST
All work guaranteed. Charge* moderate
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